The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-06-11

got on TO US Win DOIn Iee, So 10 speak, thursday
and the heat was decidedly oppressive. This eli
mate is more uncertain than district politician
The order of the County Commissioners di
rectng the police to arrest violators of the Sunday
law, was put in force last Sunday and worked
quite successfully. Several places were raided
and arrests made. Now let the good work go on
At the 35th annual commencement Of the
Baltimore Female College, which took place on
Wednesday night, Miss Edith Bell, of Woodbury.,
was awarded handsome medal for department,
and Miss Flavia Allen, of Arlington, got premi-
UNI for history.
-Children's Day services will be held in the
Towsontewn M. e. Church tomorrow Sunday.
An appropriate sermon will be preached at III
o'clock a. m, by the pastor, Rev. Page Milburn,
and at s p. m, exercises by the Sabbath school
will take place.
The artesian we'll on the property of Mr..
j. M. Cone, at Gainesville, has reached depth
of 27O but it will be bored still deeper in order to
secure a flow of at least one hundred gallons per
minute, which, it is thought, will be sufficient to
supply the village.
Mr.. John Stirling, of the 18th district late
ly found land terrapin on his farm that mad the
figures 1911 inscribed upon its under SHE'LL.
Whether the tcrrapin has lived seventy-six years
or not he is not prepared to say, but it had very
ancient appearance.
"A. Louis Hyde, son of Col. S. N. Hyde, of
Long Green Valley, has accepted an invitation to
preach during the present summer in the Presby-
terrain Church at Berlin, New Jersey. Mr.. Hyde
is student at Princeton Theological Seminary
and will graduate next year.
Mr.. Roger Gill, SON of N. Rufus Gill, Esq,
the well known lawyer, was married at Ascension
Church, Lafayette Square, on Wednesday, to Miss
Maude Bryan, daughter of Mr.. 7. A. Bryan, Of
Baltimore. Many of the groom's Baltimore coun-
ty relatives and friends were present
Mr.. Lewis Vogle, one of the bailiffs of the
Circuit Court, who has been living at Friendship
and Govanstown for some years, has removed to
Towsontown, where he expects to reside perma-
nently. Mr.. Vogle lived here for many years and
was for long time engaged in keeping store.
The iovial A. C. N. Matthews, of the well
known Baltimore firm of Matthews & Kirkland,
was in Towsontown On Monday and auctioneered
the sale of the farms of the late John o. Price, in
the Sth district. There are good many Mat
thewses. but A. C. N. is the "only" when it comes
to conducting sale.
The annual commencement exercises Of the
McDonogh School took place on Saturday last
and were very interesting. A number of prizes
were awarded to the boys for proficiency in their
studies, &c. Besides the Trustees number of
persons were present and were greatly pleased
with what they saw and heard.
"A corps of surveyors and assessors COM
menced on Tuesday last levying for delinquent
taxes in the LIST district. Persons who for any
cause have failed to pay their taxes for years
previous to 1887, should make special effort to do
so without further delay in order to save them
selves much additional expense.
---Ex-ja Jail Waterman Brown, who was charged
with levying blackmail on certain saloon keepers
on the Frederick road, and who jumped the coun-
ty to save himself, showed up here few days
ago, but did not stay long. If Mr.. Brown would
tell all he knows about that little scheme it would
make mighty interesting reading.
"A fellow got on the front end of the bag
gage car of the $50 train from Baltimore on Mon
day evening, for the purpose Of stealing ride,
and when the train made the turn from the Falls
road at Stoney run, he either jumped or fell off.
He was able to walk afterwards and his only in
jury appeared to be cut head.
At the annual commencement of the Ma
tional University Law School, held in Washington
Monday night, Mr.. o. E. Weller, of Maryland,
was one of the graduates and took the degree Of
master of laws. He is son of Mr.. W. F. Weller,
of Granite, Baltimore county, and lately resigned
a clerkship in the Postoffice Department.
Mr.. Foulk JONES' one of the most promi-
nent and highly esteemed citizens of Slate Hill,
near Delta, left on Tuesday for an extended tour
of the far West. Mr.. Jones is of the directors
of the Maryland Central railroad company and
was one of the most active men in building that
Troad, as we'll as one of its heaviest stockholders.
Mir. W. Stewart Diffenderfer, whose coun-
try place is at the head of Charles street avenue
near Woodbrook, this week sold two Beagle
hounds to Mr.. Deane, of Somerset, Mass, for
something over 5000. They are both prize win
ners and were bred at Mr.. Difenderfer's kennels,
where he has some of the finest dogs in the country
The Baltimore County Agricultural Socie-
ty has given the refreshmen privileges at the next
fair to the Weman's Christian Temperance Union.
This will take between five hundred and thou
sand dollars out of the treasury of the Society and
will prove a serious loss. Viewed from bust
ness standpoint we very much doubt the expedi-
ency of this movement.
Mr.. William H. Norris who for some years
taught the public school at Sweet Air, and who
was we'll known in Baltimore county, died in Bal
timore, on Monday night last, aged SIS years. Mr..
Morris, who was a brother Of John 7. Morris,
Esq, president of the City School Board, was
educated gentleman and had many warmly.at-
tached friends. His wife survives him.
Mr.. Abraham 7. Street,, formerly superin-
tendent of the Court House, but who is now an in
ternal revenue storekeeper, will be married
Thursday evening, June 10th, to Miss Irene Bur-
ton, daughter of Mr.. o. B. Burton, of Green
wood, 18th district. Mr.. STREET. is very clever
and popular young man and we embrace this early
opportunity to extend our congratulations.
The people of Reisterstown having SUBJ
scribed $40 for the purpose, town clock has been
put up in Messrs. Goodwin Bros. building and was
set running Monday, to the great delight of the
town. The bell in the clock can be distinctly
heard at Woodensburg, distance of four miles.
If Reisterstown can have an acquisition of this
kind, why cant Towsontown? That's question
we'd like to have answered.
Lately THE UNIoN.has contained announce
ments Of important real estate sales in Baltimore
county, all of which were we'll authenticated, but
the Baltimore papers have paid no attention to
them either because they did not like the idea of
being beaten in such matters by a country paper,
or because they did not want to give US credit for
Al tbavp civ Trrt,T ora1,t
for anything when they can possibly avoid it.
On Sunday afternoon last twenty -four men,
bers of the Towson Guards, in command of Lieut..
Chas R. Chew, all in full uniform, decorated
the graves of five of their deceased comrades.
These j. Lawrence Urban and Walter L..
Burke, who are buried in st. Mary's Cemetery,
near Govanstown; James II. Hynson and J. Ed
ward Lee, whose graves are in the Presbyterian
church-yard, Govanstown, and Benz. P. Cooper,
Greenmount Cemetery. There were no special
ceremonies outside of strewing the graves with
flowers.
The old project of building branch road
from the Northern Central railroad at Lake Ro-
land, to Towsontown, is again being revived, and
the people here feel considerable interest in it.
The road bed is already graded and the expense
of such branch would be trifing, the right Of
way, as stated, being still available. Such road
would prove valuable feeder to the Northern
Central and would also be of very great benefit to
Towsontown, as it would give the people the ben.
eft of cheaper fares, quicker transit and lower
freight rates.
Mr.. Chas. L. Jessop, well-known citizen
of the Sth district, died at his residence, "Vaux
Hail." near Ashland, on Tuesday last, in the 54th
year of his age. He was son of the late William
Jessop, prominent and wealthy citizen, and died
in the house in which he was born. Mr.. Jessop
leaves wife and several children, some of whom
are grown. The funeral took place on Thursday
The pail bearers were Zephaniah Poteet, Joshus
F.. Cockey, Jr., Alex. M. Morrison, T. G. Blair
John Bond and S. Parker Bosley. Rev. S. NJ
Perry, pastor Of Ashland Presbyterian Church
| oficiated.
Small Punishment for a Heartless Brute
ON the 21st Of last April young negro named
Jim Graham, employed on the farm of Mrs. Hax
at Hardwood, 18th district, got angry with one OF
the horses which he had been working and pulling
out the animals tongue, tied rope around it and
fastened the rope to the trough. In its struggles
the poor brute pulled its tongue out by the roots
and the hartloss negro, frightened at what he had
done took the horse into the field and was work
ing him to pillow when the overseer discovered